GitHub API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the GitHub API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

MindCloud is an integration company that offers one normalized API to access 3,100+ apps from a single place. It cleans up provider-specific quirks, keeps requests and responses consistent, and centralizes authentication so you do not need to manage separate flows for every app. Browse other apps.

Meet GitHub: GitHub is a developer platform for hosting code, reviewing changes, and automating software workflows. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first GitHub request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one GitHub connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every GitHub action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/github/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a GitHub connection. Then call an action such as Get Authenticated User:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/github/latest/actions/get-authenticated-user" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected GitHub account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the GitHub credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

GitHub actions

All 30 published actions for this GitHub version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Issue
• POSTCreate Issue Comment
• PUTCreate or Update File Content
• POSTCreate Pull Request
• POSTCreate Release
• POSTCreate Repository for Authenticated User
• POSTCreate Workflow Dispatch Event
• DELETEDelete File
• GETGet Authenticated User
• GETGet Issue
• GETGet Latest Release
• GETGet Pull Request
• GETGet Repository
• GETGet Repository Content
• GETGet Workflow Run
• GETList Authenticated User Organizations
• GETList Authenticated User Repositories
• GETList Branches
• GETList Commits
• GETList Pull Request Files
• GETList Pull Requests
• GETList Releases
• GETList Repository Issues
• GETList Repository Workflow Runs
• GETList Repository Workflows
• PUTMerge Pull Request
• GETSearch Issues and Pull Requests
• GETSearch Repositories
• PUTUpdate Issue
• PUTUpdate Pull Request

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